Wrappings

Matt Dennison

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Matt Dennison

Wrappings was selected for MSUL’s themed call for work about Water, in coordination with the MSU Broad Art Museum’s fall 2023 exhibition, Flint is Family in Three Acts, featuring the photography of Latoya Ruby Frazier.

The dog without 
sense enough 
to realize he
should be 
drowning 
in the flooded 
river instead 
of dancing 
in it like some 
long-tongued 
grinning idiot 
finally sees 
his hysterical 
would-be 
child savior 
and stops, 
stiff-legged, 
water cascading 
his back as he 
gallops over 
to lick those 
tears in heartless 
fantastic greeting 
before dashing 
back to scatter 
the wrappings
of ecstasy. 
 

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